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THE Port Metro Vancouver container volume increased 41.4 per cent year on year in May, rising to a 20-month high, according to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. Imports increased 9.3 per cent above April levels to 108,666 laden TEU, the highest volume since September 2008. Exports trade also reached its highest level in a year even though container e...
IN order to provide more convenient connections with ports on the Bohai Sea, northeast China's Jilin province plans to develop inland ports in Changchun, Jilin and Tonghua city, Xinhua reported. Inland port is a logistics facility that cooperates with sea ports and provides one-stop customs inspection and clearance service to shippers so that their tra...
THE Port of Rotterdam in the first six months of the year handled 70 containerships in the 10,000 to 15,000 TEU range, representing a third more calls compared to the 52 calls handled in the first half of 2009. The largest call ever in Rotterdam was made in early April when one of the ultra large container carriers loaded and unloaded 8,053 TEU, far mor...
FIGURES from the Hong Kong Marine Department show the port handled 2 million TEU in June, an increase of 16.7 per cent over the 1.7 million in June of last year. Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority reported an 14.2 per cent increase in container movement in June, having handled 2.4 million TEU compared to 2.1 million TEU in June of last year. (So...
The UK government's decision to rule out building further runways at airports in the southeast of England could seriously undermine Britain's connectivity and competitiveness, according to a report. The coalition government which took office in May cancelled plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport and said it would block runways at Stan...
The Port of Los Angeles had its busiest June ever for cargo, surpassing the number of containers moved during the height of the global economic boom in 2006, and the neighbouring Port of Long Beach also showed a strong increase in imports, port officials said. Although the increased traffic at the two ports represented a big boost for the Southern Calif...
Singapore could lose its crown as the world's busiest container port to Shanghai this year, reported the Strait Times. The Chinese port moved more containers than Singapore did from April to last month, and may clinch the leader's status by year-end. "Shanghai could beat Singapore this year, but it will be a close match,'' said Divay Goel, head ...
MALAYSIA's Transport Minister Seri Kong Cho Ha has revealed plans to turn the low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) into an air cargo terminal to increase the capacity of the KL International Airport's (KLIA) cargo warehouse by 320,335 tons a year. The minister said that with the change, the overall cargo capacity at the KLIA would increase to 1.32 tonnes ...
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